WASHINGTON-Congressional leaders vowed last week to investigate questionable foreign campaign contributions to both political parties. Huge sums paid to Democrats are involved, which some Republicans believe may have influenced Clinton administration trade policy in Asian markets that are worth billions of dollars in wireless...
NEW YORK-MDSI Mobile Data Solutions Inc., based in Richmond, British Columbia, went public in the United States Nov. 26 with an offering of 1.725 million shares of common stock at $14.88 each.MDSI stock, which traded on the Montreal and Toronto stock exchanges prior to...
WASHINGTON--The Federal Communications Commission may delay implementation of the new hybrid radio frequency safety guideline that's scheduled to take effect Jan. 1, according to an official."I think there's definitely merit to some of the arguments," said Robert Cleveland, senior scientist in the FCC Office...
NOVEMBER25-26 Personal Communications Services, by Bellcore. Richardson, Texas. (800) 521-CORE.26 European Churn Management Seminar, by DataMind, Lucent Technologies Inc., META Group, Red Brick and Silicon Graphics Inc. Bonn, Germany. 44-1734/25.DECEMBER2-3 The Wireless Buildout: Western Regional, co-sponsored by the Personal Communications Industry Association, APA and RCR...
NEW YORK-TTI Team Telecom International Ltd., an Israeli developer of operations support and network management systems for telecommunications providers, was slated to go public Nov. 22.The initial public offering was expected to comprise 2.5 million shares of common stock priced between $7 and $9...
The Romanian Ministry of Communications awarded two 900 MHz Global System for Mobile communications licenses to the consortia of Mobil Rom, led by France Telecom International Mobiles, and to MobiFon, led by Montreal-based Telesystem International Wireless Services. AirTouch Communications Inc. is a minority partner...
WASHINGTON-With China potentially becoming the biggest wireless export market in the world, the Clinton administration is challenged with keeping disputes over human rights, arms sales and Taiwan separate from its economic interests in the booming Asian nation of 1.5 billion people.Clinton was expected to...
"The debate on CDMA is over, folks," declared Jerry Butters, an executive with Lucent Technologies Inc., last week when PrimeCo Personal Communications L.P. launched 1900 MHz service in 11 major trading areas.It was the most comprehensive launch of both personal communications services and Code...
SAN JUAN, P.R.-In a move that could become a role model for other pocket phone carriers struggling to activate their cell sites, Centennial Cellular Corp. has executed an end-run around the state-run Puerto Rico Telephone Co. monopoly in its bid to deploy personal communications...
NEW YORK-Omnipoint Communications Inc. opened for business Nov. 14, but a full-scale promotional campaign for its first personal communications services network-in the New York City metropolitan area-won't start for another week or so.By then, roaming will be possible in portions of Southern California, the...
ATLANTA-GTE Mobilnet has launched its first commercial Code Division Multiple Access cellular service in Austin, Texas.The company is offering a dual-mode Sony-branded handset, the CM-D500, manufactured by Qualcomm Personal Electronics through its retail stores and direct sales. GTE said it eventually plans to expand...
Hughes Network Systems Inc. aspires to accomplish a great deal more than just to supply $1 billion of network equipment to NextWave Telecom Inc."This goes beyond equipment supply. That's why we took the equity position," said Pradeep Kaul, executive vice president of Hughes Networks...
An independent Louisiana telephone company is among those launching the second wave of personal communications service systems in the country.Meretel Communications L.P. has received a multimillion loan from the Rural Telephone Finance Corp. and signed a contract with Lucent Technologies Inc. to supply infrastructure...
The new telecommunications arm of Black & Veatch is the fastest growing segment of the Kansas City, Mo.-based engineering company, and is expected to bring in 20 percent of the firm's annual $1.1 billion in revenue this year."We believe we'll be extremely busy doing...
If money is the root of all evil, PCS is either going to be a very evil service or PCS is going to prove that maxim wrong.Money is certainly at the root of all PCS plans. The government's auction of PCS licenses started the...
NEW YORK-"The summer of 1996 was when high-yield (debt) investors decided they're not in the venture capital business. They prefer cash flow now, not cash flow in five years," said Richelle Elberg, analyst for Paul Kagan Associates Inc., Carmel, Calif."The returns demanded are in...
In the Oct. 28 issue of RCR, it should have read Affordable Message Center sells numeric service from ProNet Inc. for between $2.45 and $2.95 to their indirect resellers in New York and New Jersey. The price it pays ProNet is confidential.Doug Kirkpatrick, director...
KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Sprint PCS has closed two vendor credit agreements and a bank credit agreement to be used for Sprint's nationwide personal communications services network.The vendor credit agreements-a $1.8 billion senior secured credit agreement with Lucent Technologies Inc. and a $1.3 billion senior secured...
NEW YORK-Fraud fighter Coral Systems Inc. plans to go public in an offering that could raise more than $20 million.Coral, which provides client-server software to help wireless carriers reduce fraud and churn, registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission last week for permission to...
Korean telephone service provider Shinsegi Telecomm Inc. awarded Lucent Technologies Inc. a contract to supply and install a Code Division Multiple Access-technology based cellular network in the southern cities of Pusan and Kyungnam. Lucent said it immediately will begin installing its 5ESS-2000 switch-based mobile...
NEW YORK-Because many new personal communications services providers are unable to pay out of pocket for equipment purchases, AirNet Communications Corp. announced last week it would downsize, restructure and direct its attention to customers capable of arranging financing independent of vendors."In markets outside the...
Canadians may be giving Fido to their loved ones this Christmas.But Fido is not a dog. It's the spunky brand name for Microcell Telecommunications Inc.'s personal communications service scheduled to be available in Montreal in time for the holidays."We wanted to find a word...
Canadians may be giving Fido to their loved ones this Christmas.But Fido is not a dog. It's the spunky brand name for Microcell Telecommunications Inc.'s personal communications service scheduled to be available in Montreal in time for the holidays."We wanted to find a word...
OLYMPIA, Wash.-Illuminet announced members of its personal communications services consortium may obtain wireless rechargeable battery packs, power cords, hands-free kits and other wireless accessories for resale from Direct Power Plus Inc.The agreement with Direct Power is part of Illuminet's PCS Procurement Services program, which...
